Are you passionate about fitness and mental health? Join the movement and become a certified Fitness Support Specialist.
Join the movement
Are you a fitness professional who cares about helping others and has a genuine interest in mental health wellness? Looking to gain experience outside of the traditional fitness setting, and work with clients often neglected by the fitness industry?
Certified Fitness Support Specialists work to improve the lives of people living with depression and anxiety by developing and executing individualized fitness recovery plans.
Benefits
Work in Non-traditional Settings
Gain valuable knowledge to help land positions outside traditonal fitness settings
Deepen Your Mastery
Equip yourself with the latest, researched-backed and industry-leading coaching strategies
Hone Your Communication Skills
Life-long coaching and communication skills that can be utilized in almost any scenario
Share Your Talents With New Faces
Create transformative fitness experiences for ALL, including many neglected in commercial spaces
Make a Difference in Your Community
Increase awareness and become an ambassador of fitness-related mental health initiatives
Expand Your Career Path
Make inroads in a rapidly growing field that is paving new pathways for mental wellness
Become a certified Fitness Support Specialist
work at your own pace (asynchronous)
approximately 6-8 hours completion time
provides 4 continuing education credits (CEC’s) with canfitpro
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Learn foundational concepts about mental health and mental illness, frequent misplaced assumptions and stigma surround the conditions, as well as the latest science surrounding fitness and its effects on the brain.
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We take a deeper dive into the current mental health system in Canada, the process of getting help, what various stages of recovery look like and some of the gaps that still plague our system today.
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Here we breakdown the role and functions of what exactly a Fitness Support Specialist is, review your scope of practice and discover how your jigsaw piece fits into the larger puzzle.
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Enhance your coaching and communications strategies for client interactions introduced in Fitness for Mental Health’s own GOALLS Framework.
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From learning about stimulus and the arousal cycle to maintaining personal control and ensuring a safe environment, we walk you through the process of keeping cool when things heat up on the traning floor.
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In our final section, we’ll put all the pieces together, focusing on developing customized programs and exploring was how you can get fitness support programs started in your community!
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Fitness Support Specialist FAQs
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The FSS Level 1 certification does not qualify graduates as certified personal trainers, rather it is a continuing education specialization designed to provide personal trainers, group exercises instructors and other fitness professionals the soft skills to excell in working with clients experiencing mental health challenges.
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Earn Continuing Education Credits
“The Fitness Support Specialist from Fitness for Mental Health was such a great training program. I highly recommend for anyone looking to service people managing their mental health with exercise.
This amazing non-profit organization is starting a movement to bring exercise to healthcare and I am here for it! Cannot wait to collaborate even more with them!”
Megan - Certified Fitness Support Specialist